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3 Responses to “I have a question about Playing Rhythm guitar or Lead Guitar?”

1. 1 Vision Says:
   August 27th, 2009 at 12:00 pm

   Rhythm Guitar is much easier….

2. tinal22 Says:
   August 27th, 2009 at 12:00 pm

   Most lead guitarists also play rhythm. If someone is designated strictly as a rhythm player, they probably don’t play too many leads. So in that respect, one might say that rhythm guitar is easier.

   However, a "really good" player (either rhythm or lead) understands and exploits the role. Look at it like this…playing really good rhythm is more challenging than playing so-so lead.

   I would say that it is pretty common that a player starts out as rhythm, gets better and better at that, and also gradually works in lead skills.

3. duke Says:
   August 27th, 2009 at 12:00 pm

   Both require a thorough understanding of the principles of music. Rhythm guitar will set the tonal pallet that the lead guitar can then play off of. Sometimes rhythm guitar calls for arpeggios or staggered notes instead of chords, it’s certainly not always just power chords, it really depends on the music you are playing. Assuming the music is rock (or a sub-genre of rock), then rhythm guitar would by far be easier to a beginner musician. Lead guitar requires more precise and creative control over the scales and modes available to musicians. Rhythm guitar requires more of a mastery of chords and tonalities, which are relatively simple to understand. Just learn your basic chords so you can all communicate properly and give it a shot.

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